El Hierro volcano---Canary Islands

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   Hi everyone, wanted to know if anyone started a thread for volcano news El Hierro, Canary Islands.  If not I'll start with posting a chart of energy levels building up inside the volcano.  It's possible this sudden build-up will lead to a eruption and bigger earth quakes.  

FYI....in case anyone isn't familiar with the aspects about this story....basically since July of this year geologists reported an earthquake swarm at the El Hierro volcano.  Mostly between 1.5 to 2.9 Magnitude then they peaked to 3.0 to 3.9 Magnitude.  The number of earthquakes is already in the thousands since July. The energy level this volcano is harboring is rising every day and the Island is on alert for possible evacuation if things get worse.  

Now if you remember hearing about La Palma in the Canary Islands...well this is the site of a very big mountain?, that is cracked around one side, the side that faces the Atlantic.  There has been much debate about whether or not this thing can rupture completely and fall into the ocean and cause a massive land slide creating a catastrophic tsunami that could endanger our (U.S.) Eastern sea board and everything else around La Palma (Europe, Africa, South America).  Now El Hierro, if a large eruption and earthquake occur this could trigger (possibly triger) a land slide on La Palma which in turn could cause the landslide I was talking about before.  All eyes on this one folks.  Tip.

Here is the chart for the energy level:
http://www.01.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/energia_HIERRO.jpg

Here is the link for the list of earthquakes for the Canary Islands and El Hierro: 
http://www.01.ign.es/ign/layoutIn/sismoListadoTerremotos.do?zona=1&cantidad_dias=10

http://www.emsc-csem.org/#2

If anyone needs an explanation of energy chart let me know I have a link that could help you understand it better :-) Tip 

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TipKat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Joined: April 15 2008 Location: Evanston, IL Status: Offline Points: 316	Post Options Post Reply Quote TipKat Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: El Hierro volcano---Canary Islands Posted: October 07 2011 at 7:57pm
	Hi everyone, wanted to know if anyone started a thread for volcano news El Hierro, Canary Islands. If not I'll start with posting a chart of energy levels building up inside the volcano. It's possible this sudden build-up will lead to a eruption and bigger earth quakes. FYI....in case anyone isn't familiar with the aspects about this story....basically since July of this year geologists reported an earthquake swarm at the El Hierro volcano. Mostly between 1.5 to 2.9 Magnitude then they peaked to 3.0 to 3.9 Magnitude. The number of earthquakes is already in the thousands since July. The energy level this volcano is harboring is rising every day and the Island is on alert for possible evacuation if things get worse. Now if you remember hearing about La Palma in the Canary Islands...well this is the site of a very big mountain?, that is cracked around one side, the side that faces the Atlantic. There has been much debate about whether or not this thing can rupture completely and fall into the ocean and cause a massive land slide creating a catastrophic tsunami that could endanger our (U.S.) Eastern sea board and everything else around La Palma (Europe, Africa, South America). Now El Hierro, if a large eruption and earthquake occur this could trigger (possibly triger) a land slide on La Palma which in turn could cause the landslide I was talking about before. All eyes on this one folks. Tip. Here is the chart for the energy level: http://www.01.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/energia_HIERRO.jpg Here is the link for the list of earthquakes for the Canary Islands and El Hierro: http://www.01.ign.es/ign/layoutIn/sismoListadoTerremotos.do?zona=1&cantidad_dias=10 http://www.emsc-csem.org/#2 If anyone needs an explanation of energy chart let me know I have a link that could help you understand it better :-) Tip

Elver Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Valued Member Joined: June 14 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7778	Post Options Post Reply Quote Elver Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: October 08 2011 at 9:42pm
	Thank you for your post. I just learned of this a few days ago and was wondering if anyone else heard of this. This video is worth watching. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jlaiJRwU6Q&feature=related

Littleraven Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Joined: May 10 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 438	Post Options Post Reply Quote Littleraven Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: October 09 2011 at 7:21pm
	Wow--thanks for the posts. I love monitoring these geological events!!
	There's a Bad Moon on the Rise

Elver Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Valued Member Joined: June 14 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7778	Post Options Post Reply Quote Elver Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: October 10 2011 at 5:29pm
	Situation Update No. 15, October 10, 2011, seismic movement 4.3 A submarine volcanic eruption is taking place approximately 5 kilometres off the southern coast of El Hierro, the smallest of The Canary Islands. http://www.stevequayle.com/News.alert/11_Global/111010.alert.Hierro.volcano.html

mrmouse Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Joined: April 24 2009 Status: Offline Points: 2225	Post Options Post Reply Quote mrmouse Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: March 25 2012 at 9:21am
	3/24/2012 -- New Mexico dormant Volcano VENTING STEAM -- Carrizozo Lavic fields www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL4Dv6SbQKc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Elver Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Valued Member Joined: June 14 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7778	Post Options Post Reply Quote Elver Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: March 26 2012 at 10:24pm
	That's interesting. I didn't know there were volcano's in New Mexico. Not long ago I looked at the number of earthquakes measuring 4.0 and greater. I put these into Excel & then made a graph. It was very clear to me that these 4.0+ earthquakes were getting more numerous as time passed. I can't remember the specifics of where I found this, but I think it was somewhere in here. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/epic/epic_global.php